Eight domestic core industries registered growth of 6.3 per cent in August, marking a significant surge from 3.7 per cent the previous month, according to official data released on Monday. That marked the highest reading since May 2024. Data on these eight industries is recorded and analysed collectively to gauge the domestic infrastructure output. These industries are: coal, crude oil, natural gas, petroleum refinery products, fertilisers, steel, cement and electricity.Â
Growth in the first five months of the financial year stood at 2.8 per cent, according to the Ministry of Commerce & Industry data.Â
Changes in infrastructure output are gauged by the Index of Eight Core Industries (ICI), in which refinery products, electricity and steel hold the maximum weightage of 28 per cent, 19.9 per cent and 17.9 per cent, respectively.Â
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